Some dude named Ron Hamilton is my new hero. I have to meet this guy. If your out there reading this or somebody out there is and knows him, have him contact me because him and his partner beat out a 400 team field in the World Series of Beer Pong at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to take home the $50,o0o grand prize.

How in the world I wasn’t there for this is beyond my belief. I’m ashamed to admit that this wasn’t even on my radar. So for this shame, I’m amending my goals for 2009 to include a rigorous beer pong training program in preparation for the World Series of Beer Pong in 2010. It’s going to be hard to get this training regiment OK’d from the better half but with a little effort (or a really nice present) I think I can get the go ahead.

I’ll see you drunk chumps there!

Tags: champion, Flamingo Hotel, Las vegas, ping pong balls, red cups, Ron Hamilton, World Series of Beer Pong, worldgaming

 
Any television show that puts together a bunch of hot girls in bikinis, covers them in KY and then lines them up in a row is guaranteed to be a winner.

Throw in a bunch of creepy middle aged dudes who try to slip N’ slide across them with whoever makes it the farthest wins and you have a certified hit!!!

Just watch and tell me you don’t agree! Gotta love those Japanese game show creators!

Tags: game show, Girls, Japan, KY, slip 'n slide, worldgaming

The cockamamie (dont ask me why I just typed that word) plan to devote a chunk of AWS-3 spectrum to free wi-fi can eliminate one enemy from its massive list of detractors: people who would use the bandwidth for streaming MegaPorn videos at 10kbps.

This would be people like myself!

In an interview with Ars Technica, FCC chair Kevin Martin confirmed that the latest iteration of the proposal has eliminated the smut filter. A piece of the interview went a little like this…

Why the change? “I’m saying if this is a problem for people, let’s take it away,” Martin said. “A lot of public interest advocates have said they would support this, but we’re concerned about the filter. Well, now there’s an item in front of the Commissioners and it no longer has the filter. And I’ve already voted for it without the filter now. So it’s already got one vote.”

“Got anybody else?” I asked him.

“Not yet,” Martin admitted with a chuckle.

More relevant, however, is that last tidbit: this thing ain’t never gonna pass. Despite being a poorly planned scheme from the very beginning, its list of enemies is pretty much everyone whose approval is needed to get this through: the Bush Administration, cable companies, congressional leaders, and on and on. So despite being a good move for removing censorship and all, this plan still needs quite a bit more drawing board time!!

Tags: Ars Technica, AWS-3, bandwidth, FCC, Kevin Martin, streaming porn, wi-fi, worldgaming

The new book The Race For a New Game Machine, by two IBM engineers, details how ridiculous the design process was when IBM was making Sony’s PS3 cell chip. Microsoft basically got a free ride.

The Wall Street Journal pulls out facts like IBM employees trying to hide their work from people from companies in cubicles next to them, helping one team out (the Microsoft team) with their design process based on knowledge they had already gained from the Sony side, and most importantly, that Microsoft received the chip from manufacturing BEFORE Sony did because they ordered “backup manufacturing capacity from a third party.”

Pretty crazy, read the whole article and get the book. I’m going to buy it sometime this week and start reading it so I’ll let you know what it’s all about as I get furthur into it!!!

Tags: IMB employees, Microsoft, PS#, Sony, The Race For a New Game Machine, Wall Street Journal, worldgaming, WSJ, Xbox 360

 
Riding the new Peak2Peak Gondola that connects Whistler’s Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain summits, over 2.7 miles, must be exhilarating. But jumping off it is just fucking insane.

Shortly after opening, these Two Red Bull sponsored lunatics rode a car to the mid point of the ride and jumped. That makes for a good preview of the fall, should one of these boxes full of 28 people ever fall out of the sky.

The Gondola itself holds records for its unsupported span of 1.88 miles between the two furthest towers, and for its rise, measuring over a quarter mile above the ground at its highest point.

At 16 miles per hour, it makes the traverse between the mountain tops, in 11 minutes. Contrast that with the usual ski down one peak, plus a drive to the base of the other (should you choose not to jump off it), plus a number of gondola, chair and tow rides upward, which easily could take over an hour or three.

For the record, this is my next winter vacation!

Tags: base jumpers, insane, lunatics, mountains, Peak2Peak Gondola, Red Bull sponsors, video, Whistler, worldgaming, youtube

A Georgia law that went into effect yesterday will require that all sex offenders not not only turn over their email addresses and screen names to authorities (which goes back to 2006) but all their passwords as well.

Georgia is one of 15 states requiring sex offenders to give their email addresses, screen names and “other internet handles” to authorities, and now the second (after Utah) to force them to give up their passwords as well, giving authorities unlimited access to monitor their email and other internet activities.

State Senator Cecil Staton told MSNBC, “We limit where they can live, we make their information available on the Internet. To some degree, we do invade their privacy…But the feeling is, they have forfeited, to some degree, some privacy rights.”

Obviously, privacy groups, like the Southern Center for Human Rights are concerned by the law, though there haven’t been any legal challenges to it yet.

So, it begs the question…one step too far, or totally legit?

I say legit, we have to monitor these pervs!!!

Tags: Georgia law, internet, MSNBC, passwords turned over, sex offenders, worldgaming

Ky Michaelson, or “The Rocketman” as he’s known in some circles, doesn’t trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us.

His custom-built rocket sled is modeled after a miniature Radio Flyer. Of course, his features machined aluminum rails, oak planks, front-mounted steering bars, speedometer, and, oh right, a fucking rocket strapped to the back.

But my favorite part of the rocket sled isn’t the sled itself. It’s that The Rocketman is testing his creation near some families who were probably happily ice skating on that pond before some lunatic decided to bring ruckus to an otherwise tranquil atmosphere, replacing the aroma of roasted chestnuts and hot chocolate with spent rocket fuel.

This guy is a fucking quack and I dig his style!

Tags: crazy sled, jet fuel, Ky Michaelson, Radio Flyer, Rocketman, worldgaming

I was such a loser back in the day and many would agrue that I still am. My Radio Flyer wagon had a busted wheel and rust. The concept above, dubbed Cloud 9, has an MP3 player and more.

So all that means I’m feeling pretty inadequate right now. And why shouldn’t I? As CNN notes in their report on the latest invention out of Radio Flyer’s Chicago-based HQ, this thing has enough gadgets and gizmos to give the family mini-fan a serious case of dick envy.

First, there’s the aforementioned MP3 player and speaker system, meaning this could very well be the first wagon that little Timmy and friends will use to ghost ride down a cul de sac.

And when he gets tired of that, he can strap himself in to one of the two bucket seats using a five-point racing harness. At his fingertips will be a digital display panel, complete with temperature readouts, odometer and speedometer. Got a Juicy Juice sippy cup handy? No worries. The Cloud 9 has cupholders too.

Seriously, this thing is fucking ridiculous.

“We approached this product much like an automotive company might with a concept car,” said Mark Johnson, Radio Flyer’s product development manager.

Should the Cloud 9 see the light of day, and there’s a pretty good chance that it will, the asking price will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,000. That’s a small price to pay to ensure that your son or daughter has the stuff necessary to crush the spirits of the other neighborhood children and their parents.

Tags: Cloud 9, little red wagon, pimped out, Radio Flyer, worldgaming

According to the Washington Post, realistic shitting dolls are a must-have item this holiday season. Man, I can’t wait to have kids.

Dolls like “Baby Alive” come with special “green beans” and “bananas” that can be fed to the doll, “digested” and “defecated.” To enhance the fun, Baby Alive occasionally takes a dump prematurely creating a lifelike mess for you to clean up.

Awesome right?

Then there is the “Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Gotta Go Doll” with over 60 realistic phrases and fun sounds. It comes complete with a magic toilet that must be flushed after each use.

Curiously, the “Oops I Crapped My Pants Doll” was left off the list. I mean, those other dolls cost over $40 while the pants crapper can be had for only $9. Now that’s what I call value. Unfortunately, I can’t promise that your child won’t cry and hate you if you purchase this as a Christmas gift.

Tags: Baby Alive, hot toy for 2008, Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Gotta Go Doll, pants shitting doll, Washington Post, worldgaming

Sir? Could I interest you in a boobs app for your iPhone? Perhaps one that’s motion sensitive, so you can jiggle it at will?

Ooooh, I’m sorry. It’s not possible. Apple has denied our application on the grounds that it’s either obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory.

So sorry!!!

Maybe with the upcoming NSFW category in the iPhone App store you may get a chance to jiggle me for yourself, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Props to my man D for sending me the knowledge!

Tags: App store, apps, boobs, iPhone, jiggle, worldgaming